The blockade supporters are demanding release of the president of the United Naga Council (UNC) Gaidon Pamei and associate Stephen Lamkang who were arrested in connection with the ongoing economic blockade.

The economic blockade which has drastically reduced the stocks of necessity items and hiked the price of petrol in the black markets to Rs 300 per litre was imposed to protest the state government's move to upgrade SADAR hills and Jiribam sub-division into full-fledged revenue district.

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